Thrive Collective
Thrive Collective teamed up with Judith S. Kaye HS once again for this new project to create a mural for the teacher’s counseling office. The office is a space where students come to share their thoughts, get encouragement on anything, and mainly for those that are graduating to get prepared, making sure they’re on the…
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Words of gratitude, delight, and pride abounded from faculty and students alike as artist Daze transformed Frederick Douglass Academy (FDA) with a new mural outside the school entrance. Painted predominately with spray paint, the mural was completed in just two weeks! The fast transformation meant that each time students and faculty walked by the mural, there were new…
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“Still We Rise” is the product of Thrive Collective’s first School Partners USA mural project, in Dallas, Texas, which was completed in November of 2022 at South Oak Cliff High School. Local ABC Affiliate WFAA 8 featured the ribbon cutting on their newscast—check out the video above! Spoken Word artist ShySpeaks inspired the students with…
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SBCCHS asks its students to “Skill up. Design your future. Be EPIC.” We explored Afrofuturism, imagining a tomorrow built on the foundation of today. The mural wall is divided in two by a column. The left side represents the vibrant present-day urban landscape students call home—buildings along the Grand Concourse, Yankee stadium, a tiger to…
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Students conceived the design for this Beautify NYC mural project in East Harlem. The title they chose, “The Other Side of Me,” is a gesture to the various personality traits that each student possesses but does not immediately show. The mural’s colorful characters and settings represent the many sides to the students’ personalities, as well…
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We had the chance to collaborate with artist and muralist Jason Naylor for this Summer mural with International Studies. Teaching Artist Will DeNatale worked with the staff and the students to come up with the message and imagery for the mural. After a few classes, he shared the ideas from the school to Jason, who…
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“Go Dragons” is a project that was made to uplift the current and future students of John Dewey High School. With the help of the school’s Mural Club, the design was based on the discussions had whilst doing drawing activities together. These discussions shed light on how much the students and staff felt had been…
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Proper representation of people who are from different communities regardless of race, religion or orientation is important in the climate of today’s society and the ever-changing view of self. As people become more in touch with who they are, fair representation should be displayed throughout all forms of media. The idea behind this mural is…
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GREETINGS FROM BROWNSVILLE 💌 Journeying through our summer rising adventures, we bring a postcard glimpse into the rich culture and community that is Brownsville. Our team was given the privilege to work with the staff and students at Metropolitan Diploma Plus HS and Brooklyn Democracy Academy to show the unity and Caribbean pride present at…
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Where do you find your oasis? The students of Marie Curie HS have an idea of just how this looks for them and their greater community. As their school pours into the students’ growth, a stream of inspiration flows from their halls to outside their school walls. Projects like this one hold value in giving…
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